Keynote Speaker
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Section intelligent systems, Sofia
Bulgaria
Biography
Irina Radeva is a full professor in the Department of Intelligent Systems at the Institute of
Information and Communication Technologies of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. She is
also an associate professor at the Faculty of Informatics and Mathematics at Trakia
University in Stara Zagora. She received her Master's degree in Finance from the University
of National and World Economy in Sofia in 1995 and her PhD in Informatics from the
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in 2012. Her PhD dissertation was titled "Decision Making
Models for Cluster Design".
She has lectured on financial markets and instruments at New Bulgarian University
(2001–2010). At Trakia University, she designed curricula in software validation and
verification, software architectures and internet-based technologies.
Her research interests include multi-criteria decision support systems, decision-making in
uncertain and fuzzy environments, investment analysis, the robust stability of dynamic
parametric systems, knowledge management and ontologies, e-learning and distance
education, inter-criteria analysis and intelligent, agent-based diagnostics of complex systems.
Recently, she has focused her scientific activity on developing and implementing blockchain-
based platforms and decentralised applications, as well as generative AI, including retrieval-
augmented generation and large language models.
She has published extensively in international journals and IEEE conference proceedings and
contributed chapters to collective monographs on artificial intelligence. She has participated
in numerous national and international research projects, including in a leadership capacity.
Information and Communication Technologies of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. She is
also an associate professor at the Faculty of Informatics and Mathematics at Trakia
University in Stara Zagora. She received her Master's degree in Finance from the University
of National and World Economy in Sofia in 1995 and her PhD in Informatics from the
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in 2012. Her PhD dissertation was titled "Decision Making
Models for Cluster Design".
She has lectured on financial markets and instruments at New Bulgarian University
(2001–2010). At Trakia University, she designed curricula in software validation and
verification, software architectures and internet-based technologies.
Her research interests include multi-criteria decision support systems, decision-making in
uncertain and fuzzy environments, investment analysis, the robust stability of dynamic
parametric systems, knowledge management and ontologies, e-learning and distance
education, inter-criteria analysis and intelligent, agent-based diagnostics of complex systems.
Recently, she has focused her scientific activity on developing and implementing blockchain-
based platforms and decentralised applications, as well as generative AI, including retrieval-
augmented generation and large language models.
She has published extensively in international journals and IEEE conference proceedings and
contributed chapters to collective monographs on artificial intelligence. She has participated
in numerous national and international research projects, including in a leadership capacity.